311 Institute codex
How do we prepare students for a future where science fiction is science fact?
This codex gives academia and governments the insights and tools they need to future proof students against the best and worst our shared future has to offer.
In short
The Exponential Futures Curriculum is a 76-page codex by Matthew Griffin, Founder, President and Futurist of the 311 Institute, that gives schools, academia and governments the insights and tools to teach futures education. The first edition, published in August 2022 and known as the Teachers Bible, explains the curriculum, how to run your first course, what the first trial run showed and the course and lesson plans you need.
Who it is for: It is for head teachers, teachers and school leadership teams, universities, education ministries and anyone building a futures education programme for students.
Education is our software upgrade
How and what we teach children has changed little in over a century, while the rate of technological and societal change keeps getting faster. The gap between Industrial Age curricula and the world students will inherit is growing wider.
Left unaddressed, that gap risks leaving hundreds of millions of people unprepared for a future shaped by technology led change and a jobs market in constant flux. This codex sets out a practical way to close it.
What you will explore
Students explore all 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals, their challenges and the technologies that can solve them.
The skills and thinking to build, launch and scale exponential enterprises that tackle those challenges.
Lessons from the first trial run, course and lesson plans, templates and resources.
Key findings
Bring the codex to your organisation
Book Matthew Griffin for a keynote session, executive briefing session or foresight workshop session built on this codex. Or start with a free 15-minute expert call.
Questions and answers
It is a future focused curriculum, aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, that can be self-led or instructor led. It is designed for students of all ages, abilities and backgrounds, to prepare them for a future where one person can change the world and the jobs market keeps changing.
In the Theory Module students explore all 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals, their global challenges and the technologies and solutions that can help solve them. In the Practical Module they learn the critical skills and thinking to build, launch and scale their own exponential enterprises that tackle those challenges.
The codex includes course introductions and plans for the two courses run first, Exponential Entrepreneurship and The Future of Food, plus templates and resources to help you run them.
The Future of Food course ran with Year 6 students over three one-hour lessons. The class was fully engaged about 97 percent of the time, asked close to a hundred questions in one lesson, and at least 85 percent of what was taught was not in exams or the current UK school curriculum.
It is for head teachers, teachers, school leadership teams, universities and governments who want to bring futures education into schools. The codex says you need a clear reason, the full support of your school's leadership team, and a plan, resources and time.
The codex is free to download from this page after a short form. It is a 76-page PDF, the first edition published in August 2022, written by Matthew Griffin, Founder, President and Futurist of the 311 Institute, as part of his Codex of the Future series.
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